diff --git a/mod/wall_attach.php b/mod/wall_attach.php
index c23efc7869..8a355d6831 100644
--- a/mod/wall_attach.php
+++ b/mod/wall_attach.php
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ function wall_attach_post(&$a) {
 		killme();
 	}
 
-	$lf = '<br />';
-
-	if(local_user() && intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','plaintext')))
-		$lf = "\n";
+	$lf = "\n";
 
 	echo  $lf . $lf . '[attachment]' . $r[0]['id'] . '[/attachment]' . $lf;